KEY WORDS IN THE MEDIA
JO 15 En1-2 English Assessment Year
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jury
(noun)
a group of people who listen to the evidence and then reach a verdict (is the person innocent or guilty?)
witness
(noun)
someone who sees a crime, accident, or other event happen
lawyer
(noun)
someone whose profession is to provide people with legal advice and services
solicitor
(noun)
a lawyer who gives legal advice, writes legal contracts, and represents people in the lower courts of law
barrister
(noun)
a lawyer in England
barrister
(noun)
a lawyer in England or Wales who is allowed to speak in the higher law courts
attorney
(noun)
a lawyer, especially one who represents people in court
plot
(noun)
the story of a book, film or play
review
(noun)
review: to write an article giving your opinion of a play, book, art exhibit
reviewer: person who writes a review
critic
(noun)
someone whose job is to write or broadcast their opinions about things such as books, movies or plays
exhibition
(noun)
when objects such as paintings are shown to the public, or when someone shows a particular skill or quality to the public
character
(noun)
a person in a book, play, or film
performer
(noun)
someone who acts, sings, or plays for an audience
production
(noun)
a movie, play, television, or radio program, CD, etc. especially when you are talking about the way it is created and performed
release
(noun)
to make a movie, video or CD available for people to see or buy
scene
(noun)
a part of a play, book, movie, etc. in which events happen in the same place or period of time
screenplay
(noun)
the text for a film, including th ewords to be spoken by the actors and instructions for the cameras
soundtrack
(noun)
the music that is played during a movie or television program, or a CD of this music
trailer
(noun)
an advertisement for a movie or television programme that shows a short part of that movie or programme
subtitles
(plural noun)
translation for foreign dialogue of a movie or TV programme
dub
(verb)
to change the sounds and speech on a film or television programme, especially to a different language
box office
(noun)
the office where tickets of admission are sold
box office hit
(noun)
successful film
box office flop
(noun)
unsuccessful film
credits
(plural noun)
a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)
adaption
(noun)
a movie, TV program etc. that has been made from a book or play
playwright
(noun)
a person who writes plays
buff
(noun)
someone who is very interested in and knows a lot about a particular subject
blockbuster
(noun)
something that is very successful, especially a movie, show or novel
publish
(verb)
to make available to the public, usually by printing, a book, magazine, newspaper, or other document
hardback
(noun)
a book with a hard cover
paperback
(noun)
a book with a paper cover (cheaper than hardback)
fiction
(noun)
books and stories about imaginary events and people
non-fiction
(noun)
writing that is about real events and facts
blurb
(noun)
a short description of a book or film etc. written by the people who have produced it, and intended to make people want to buy or see it
record
(verb)
store music electronically
album
(noun)
a CD or record, etc. that has several pieces of music on it
record label
(noun)
a company that records and sells music
lyrics
(plural noun)
words that accompany a piece of music
composer
(noun)
someone who writes a piece of music
